New spacecraft and new dish were tested this weekend. The spacecraft is the Chinese Chang’e 5-T1, an experimental unmanned lunar mission that was recently launched by the CNSA. The dish is a 1.8m Prodelin offset and is inverted for ease of mechanical clearance. The first signal ever received by this dish is that from the Chang’r 5-T1 spacecraft @ 2210.8 MHz (S-Band). The signal is shown below.
Here are a few images of the new dish.
